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Bob Lee (QSC) · #1 09-21-2010, 10:31 AM

It's time again to drop the puck and get the Talkbassers on Ice league going again. I've sent out a reminder to all of last season's participants.

Anyone interested, PM me and I'll send you the Yahoo league ID and password. Thanks!

Bob Lee (QSC) · #2 09-22-2010, 10:12 AM

We welcome Sandvich Hero on board now!

Keep the PMs coming.

tplyons · #3 09-22-2010, 05:00 PM

Debating my entry into the league this year... I seem to do well in the beginning of the year but the constant team maintenance kills me since I can't log on from the office for last minute changes.

If they'd only come out with an iPhone app like they did for fantasy football...

Bob Lee (QSC) · #4 09-22-2010, 05:02 PM

I've changed some stat categories, adding blocks and hits so that defencemen are more valuable than they used to be.

ugly_bassplayer · #5 09-22-2010, 05:03 PM

Bob Lee (QSC) · #6 09-22-2010, 05:11 PM

Welcome Spraeg to the league.

Sandvich Hero · #7 09-22-2010, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by tplyons

Debating my entry into the league this year... I seem to do well in the beginning of the year but the constant team maintenance kills me since I can't log on from the office for last minute changes.

If they'd only come out with an iPhone app like they did for fantasy football...

I wouldn't worry too much about bottom dwelling, you might not be alone down there

**Jerose** · #8 09-22-2010, 08:43 PM

I get to be defending champ this year. Wooo!

Bob Lee (QSC) · #9 09-23-2010, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ugly_bassplayer

PMed

Any decent league needs Nordiques fans.

tplyons · #10 09-23-2010, 06:52 PM

I gave in. The Dirty Jersey Devils have returned.

Bob Lee (QSC) · #11 09-23-2010, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by tplyons

I gave in. The Dirty Jersey Devils have returned.

Most excellent! Welcome back.

Bob Lee (QSC) · #12 09-30-2010, 01:05 PM

We have room for a couple more teams. First come, first served.

Go to http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey/signup and click on "Join a League."

League ID#: 43160
Password: chilled

The draft is in three days.

warwick.hoy · #13 09-30-2010, 02:00 PM

I'm on board,..checking out the mock draft since I'm new to this,...is the idea to pick up players that you think will have good stats during the year.

Bob Lee (QSC) · #14 09-30-2010, 03:03 PM

Yes. And because you'll have more players on your roster than active position slots, you'll have to make day to day decisions on who's active and who's on the bench.

Bob Lee (QSC) · #15 09-30-2010, 03:09 PM

Welcome aboard, BTW!

Sonic_Death · #16 09-30-2010, 04:17 PM

I may join up again. I think the last time I did the TB fantasy league everyone stopped playing halfway through haha

Sandvich Hero · #17 10-01-2010, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Lee (QSC)

Yes. And because you'll have more players on your roster than active position slots, you'll have to make day to day decisions on who's active and who's on the bench.

WUT, day to day ??? What did I get into again

kidding

"Fantasy" sports isn't a big thing around here, people will usually only do your basic pick-any-bunch-of-players-and-see-points-go-up pool. So that's a bit new to me too I have to say. I see you can pre-rate your players before sunday's draft though so I'll make sure to be ready !

Maybe a stupid question but I need to ask :-/ : Since we all need to "draft" at the same time, I suppose it's because we can't have a player on more than one team at a time, right ?

Spraeg · #18 10-01-2010, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Sandvich Hero

Maybe a stupid question but I need to ask :-/ : Since we all need to "draft" at the same time, I suppose it's because we can't have a player on more than one team at a time, right ?

Exactly, it's a live draft in random order, so that players get split up amongst all the teams. I'd recommend doing a couple of mock drafts just to see how the system works, and use the player ranker to set your own preferred draft order, that way you can set yourself up to get the players you think will do well for you (or the ones you just happen to like), and sneak up on people in the draft. For example- The good Forwards (i.e. Crosby, Ovechkin, etc...) usually go really really quickly, but if you can get away with waiting to draft some of yours, you can grab some great players in the other positions and fill out the rest of your roster later.

You can also pick up players in trades and on waivers later in the season, so it allows for injuries, slumps, etc... beyond injured reserve slots and bench slots.

Also, the League Comissioner (Bob Lee) can set which stats are tracked, to make certain position more or less valuable- as he said above, Defencemen are worth more here than in some leagues (which got me some funny looks in my mock drafts).

Bob Lee (QSC) · #19 10-01-2010, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Sandvich Hero

WUT, day to day ??? What did I get into again

You don't have to get into it every day. You can set up your daily lineup as far in advance as you want. But you just might want to keep track of injuries, slumps, and stuff and jump in from time to time.

So you won't be shorthanded because of injuries, there are a couple injured reserve (IR) slots on each team. So if one of your players is injured you can move him to the IR for as long as he's out. That frees up a spot on your roster that you can fill with another from the pool of available players (i.e., the free agents) or from a trade with another team in the league.

Sandvich Hero · #20 10-01-2010, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Spraeg

Exactly, it's a live draft in random order, so that players get split up amongst all the teams. I'd recommend doing a couple of mock drafts just to see how the system works, and use the player ranker to set your own preferred draft order, that way you can set yourself up to get the players you think will do well for you (or the ones you just happen to like), and sneak up on people in the draft. For example- The good Forwards (i.e. Crosby, Ovechkin, etc...) usually go really really quickly, but if you can get away with waiting to draft some of yours, you can grab some great players in the other positions and fill out the rest of your roster later.

You can also pick up players in trades and on waivers later in the season, so it allows for injuries, slumps, etc... beyond injured reserve slots and bench slots.

Also, the League Comissioner (Bob Lee) can set which stats are tracked, to make certain position more or less valuable- as he said above, Defencemen are worth more here than in some leagues (which got me some funny looks in my mock drafts).

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Originally Posted by Bob Lee (QSC)

You don't have to get into it every day. You can set up your daily lineup as far in advance as you want. But you just might want to keep track of injuries, slumps, and stuff and jump in from time to time.

So you won't be shorthanded because of injuries, there are a couple injured reserve (IR) slots on each team. So if one of your players is injured you can move him to the IR for as long as he's out. That frees up a spot on your roster that you can fill with another from the pool of available players (i.e., the free agents) or from a trade with another team in the league.

Thanks to both of you for the info. I'll be ready then.